A Brazilian judge has prohibited US Olympic swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen from leaving the country after the evidence they gave in a robbery case has been queried.
The pair had claimed that they and two other members of the swimming team had been robbed at gunpoint on their way home from a party in the early hours of Sunday morning, yet their accounts of events do not appear to match the CCTV recordings.
Footage from the Olympic Village shows the pair returning to the facility in a relaxed manner and at a time inconsistent with that given in their evidence.
As a result, local judge Keyla Blanc has banned the pair from returning home until the situation becomes clearer.
The pair had claimed that they and two other members of the swimming team had been robbed at gunpoint on their way home from a party in the early hours of Sunday morning, yet their accounts of events do not appear to match the CCTV recordings.
Footage from the Olympic Village shows the pair returning to the facility in a relaxed manner and at a time inconsistent with that given in their evidence.
As a result, local judge Keyla Blanc has banned the pair from returning home until the situation becomes clearer.
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